• About Me:

The Story Factory

~ Fictionalizing since 2000

The Story Factory

Author Archives: Susan Haven

So tell me, Redditors, am I overreacting?

January 4, 2026

(Yep, it’s January, so time to start up our yearly Ray Bradbury challenge! Read one short story, one poem, and …

Continue reading →

They tell me it builds character…

May 20, 2025

Or do they tell me I need to build better characters? Maybe that is more true. I keep looking at …

Continue reading →

There is probably a YouTube video….

May 13, 2025

There is probably a YouTube video where I can learn this in five minute chunks, but small video chunks not …

Continue reading →

So Let’s Go to School.

May 8, 2025

Some time ago, I stumbled upon Gabriella Pereira and her Do It Yourself MFA (diyMFA). I read it and tossed …

Continue reading →

Z – and the end of April

April 30, 2025

“Ends are not bad things, they just mean that something else is about to begin. And there are many things …

Continue reading →

Y- Wise advice disguised as an order

April 27, 2025

You need to learn how to start saying no to things you do want to do, with the recognition that …

Continue reading →

X-tra. I don’t have it in me to find an X quote.

April 26, 2025

Instead, Didion believes the notebook’s value lies in its record of “How it felt to be me” at a particular …

Continue reading →

W – What are we forgiven for?

April 26, 2025

When we tell our own stories, we are forgiven,” I heard someone say recently. Upon first hearing this, I thought …

Continue reading →

V- Virtually…

April 25, 2025

Virtually every sentence that contains the word “brand” is bullshit, and this one is no exception. Cory Doctorow, The Memex …

Continue reading →

U – Uniquely hard to find a quote.

April 23, 2025

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. Dr. Seuss, The …

Continue reading →

← Older posts

Recent Posts

  • So tell me, Redditors, am I overreacting?
  • They tell me it builds character…
  • There is probably a YouTube video….
  • So Let’s Go to School.
  • Z – and the end of April

Through the years

January 2026
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
« May    

Categories

Follow The Story Factory on WordPress.com

Categories

  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2025
  • 2026
  • 52 Bad Stories
  • A to Z
  • Blog Road Trip
  • Bradbury Challenge Stories
  • Commonplace Book
  • Congenitally Self-Centered
  • DiYMFA
  • essays
  • Input
  • Planning
  • Production Goals
  • Production Report
  • Professional development
  • Ten Ideas
  • The Art of the Short Story
  • Time Academy Stories
  • Tool Time
  • writing

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 148 other subscribers

Blog Stats

  • 12,451 hits

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Story Factory
    • Join 148 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Story Factory
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar